Double-Spouted Bottle-Jar

Double-Spouted Bottle-Jar

500 BC-AD 300
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Country
Nicaragua
Style/Tradition
Bocana Incised Bocana Variety
Object
bottle
Medium
Modeled clay with reduced (red-brown) slip and incision.
Accession Number
1993.880
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Double-Spouted Bottle-Jar. 500 BC-AD 300. Modeled clay with reduced (red-brown) slip and incision.. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1993.880.
Dimensions
height: 7.25 in, 18.4150 cm; width: 7 in, 17.7800 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Arts of the Ancient Americas
Collection
Arts of the Ancient Americas
Exhibition History
  • "Time and Technology: Scientific Approaches to Costa Rican Prehistory." University Museum, University of Colorado-Boulder, September 15, 1985-January 26, 1986.
  • "Prehistoric Art and Archaeology of Costa Rica." Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center, Pueblo, CO. January 12-February 24, 1990.
  • "Costa Rican Pre-Columbian Art from the Collection of Jan and Frederick R. Mayer." Loveland Museum and Gallery, Loveland, CO, March 22, 1990-May 15, 1990.

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